You can use the SOLIDWORKS Defeature command to remove details representing intellectual property from your models. You can then upload the model with defeature properties stored for processing prior to download or you can upload the simplified model resulting from defeature. You can choose to preprocess models prior to upload by manually removing sensitive information if you do not have access to Defeature.
To enable predefined defeature schemes or make models featureless:
- Select the models from the Content Manager by checking their selection boxes.
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Click Include/exclude features. No features appears in the Features are included column when you specify the download as featureless.
Selecting a model that is featureless (No features in the Features are included column) and clicking Include/exclude features again reverts the model to featured (Model includes features in the Features are included column).
Example of Featureless Download
In this example, the file on the left was downloaded when Features are included was set to Model includes features, enabling the SOLIDWORKS Defeature properties, and the file on the right was downloaded when Features are included was set to No features. If defeature is not defined for a model or assembly, excluding features converts the model or assembly to a surface model with external features only.
Note that the features shown in the model on the left are hidden in the model on the right.